Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-17
THE LAST DAY.


Prospects for the Release of the Travel
ers Snow bound OH the Hill.
Early yesterday morning the snow-plow
that had been stalled fortwo days at Shady
Run was dug out by the shovelers, and at .
O'Clock it had reached Alta. Between there
and Colfax it had some work to do, but ar
rived at the latter place at So'clock. There
The plow was turned around, the engines
coaled up, and at o'clock the plow, with
eight locomotives pushing it, started back
| up the hill, carrying large gang OF snow
shovelers for service in case OF need. L Oh
| lowing the pillow was the wrecking tram
| from this city, drawn by three locomotives
| The pillow drove the snow out of the way IN
grand style until it reached a point just
above where it had been stalled so long.
and there it found an immense quantity OF
snow which had collected during the time
| the pillow was motionless, that portion OF
| the track not having been cleared mean
while There was about two miles OF II,
| extending to Blue Canyon. Drlylsg into
| this snow, the pillow was soon brought 10
| stop, and then the shovelers were en-
ployed 1t was discouraging work, this re-
moving mountains of drifts with the shovel,
but it was the only recourse. When the
| pillow was released it would back up TO take
a new drive, only to be brought to dead
stop after creating a great commotlon IN
the bank attacked. The track was like
trench, with the walls Of snow on either
side reaching to the top of the locomotive
smoke stacks, and the pillow could do little
in the way of throwing the snow, but had
to push it out of the way as much as posi-
bic, the shovelvers finally throwing it aside
Slowly but surely the pillow advanced
during the day and about II o'clock last
night had reached Blue Canyon, where the
snowsheds commence, and the road was
open for the wrecking car to proceed to
shed No. 4, where the Emigrant Gap pillow
came to grief on the previous night, by
running into the debris of 100 feet OF the
shed, which had been crushed by the
weight of the snow upon it. There they
found that large force of men, sum-
moned by Superintendent Wright from
Truckee soon after the disaster to the pillow,
had arrived about o'clock yesterday
morning and, under the direction of Phil.
Douglas, commenced work upon the
wreck of the shed, removing the
timbers and other debris, and when the
wrecking car arrived everything had been
removed that was in the way, even to the
tender of the ditched engine. and the
wrecking crew proceeded at once to the
duty of getting that engine and the pillow
back upon the rails. 1t promises to be a
long joo, as they are both in cut and hard
to get at but it is hoped and expected that
the track will be cleared sometime this
forenoon, so that the delayed passenger
trains may come through this afternoon.
The weather was not unfavorable to oper-
atoms yesterday, though there was light
fall of snow. At the summit there was
snow. storm and gale prevailing last night,
and big storm was reported east of Reno.
The two men hurt when the plow
ran into the ruins of the snow shed
Tuesday night are doing we'll Mead, the
fireman, was walking about yesterday, and
Brady, the brakeman, is not considered Sc
riously injured.
The large number of men working upon
the road during the past few days, all pos
sessed of immense appetites, have almost
created famine in some places, but the
company sees to it that the men have
plenty to eat, so that they can work well.
THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON
Road, through the efforts of the large force
of road-builders, brought back from the
front for the purpose, was relieved from
snow yesterday, and it is clear from Duns-
muir north. The earth and snowslides
heretofore referred to have been shoveled
eff to such an extent that they are now
confined to a space of about five miles-be-
tween Sims and Castle Creek. Some of
those still remaining on the track are ex-
tensive, and it is estimated that it will take
"a hours to remove them. But few passen-
gers are being delayed by the blockade of
the road, there being about 80 at Duns-
muir, bound south, and IA at Delta, bound
north
The snow-plow damaged by an accident
near McCloud Tuesday evening has been
temporarily repaired, but will have to
come here to be attended to before ii can
do much work.
The Southern Pacific road is still in
trouble from washouts, and passengers yes
terday were only from Mohave and sta
tons this side.